Ch.46The Pirate King Does Not Hide His Power

It’s quite an interesting story that adds to the spectacle of this event.

Perhaps to help users with their strategies, the administrators created a unique event tab that broadcasts the “Pirate King’s Main Fleet” battles in real-time.

And thanks to that, all users were able to witness the “battle” between the Hummingbird Clan and the Pirate King’s main fleet…

The result.

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Title: Why the hell did that Pirate King bastard jump out of his battleship

Author: DunManLawSonLiu

Content: [Video Image Capture 1], [Video Image Capture 2]

I just watched the Hummingbird Clan battle video, is this for real?

Is it normal for an S-class defensive cruiser to barely withstand one hit, then get skewered on the second hit?

How the hell are we supposed to defeat something like that?

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Users who watched the video in real-time, as well as those who later caught up with the situation in the gallery, were experiencing a massive morale collapse.

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Comments

-[Is this for real;;;]

-[How are users supposed to survive against cruisers that explode after one hit?]

-[This makes no sense]

-[Damn, this is truly a crappy game.]

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And such reactions appeared not only in various posts,

But also in the comments, creating a scene reminiscent of a street of lamentation, filled with wailing newbies.

Moreover, the fact that the Hummingbird Clan couldn’t even inflict proper damage and ended up sacrificing their ships,

Added another layer of depth to the newbies’ wailing, like MSG enhancing flavor.

Of course, some veteran players tried to encourage these newbies, saying it wasn’t time for despair yet, but…

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-[I trusted what you guys said, but instead of a pirate lady, we got a pirate old man, damn it]

-[Ah]

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Unfortunately, these veteran players had “original sin” (???) attached to them.

The veterans who tried to quell the newbies’ rage ended up being tossed around like figurines caught in a tsunami, in a pitiful state.

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However, the newbies’ convulsive rage was finally suppressed about three days later.

When the “Buckwheat Noodle Clan,” the fifth clan to face the Pirate King’s main fleet, engaged in real-time battle.

And finally managed to achieve victory.

Of course, unlike the four previous “small” clans that had been defeated,

This clan boasted a large workforce of over 50 members.

With the minor difference that 20 of them were veteran players who had been playing the game from the beginning.

And unlike a certain Mr. Lee who lives like a solitary elderly person somewhere, they hadn’t spent 150 pulls.

Using a massive fleet of hundreds of ships, including 10 SSS-class cruisers and 20 destroyers.

Additionally, following the veterans’ strategy, they succeeded in defeating the Pirate King’s main fleet, which did nothing but stupidly charge head-on with overwhelming firepower.

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Title: Upvote if the Pirate King looks like trash LOLOLOLOL

Author: Anonymous

Content: VICTORY!

Comments

-[Not bad]

-[Not bad]

-[Upvote…]

-[The commenter above keeps talking about upvotes, damn it]

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In an instant, the gallery’s public opinion reversed.

They began praising the “Buckwheat Noodle” clan, the first to achieve victory, while criticizing the “Hummingbird” clan and others who had surrendered their ships to the Pirate King.

But these fools were quickly silenced when the “Buckwheat Noodle” clan leader personally wrote a post in the gallery.

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Title: I’m the clan leader who defeated the Pirate King, and it was definitely not easy.

Author: ILoveBuckwheatNoodles

Content: [Proof of resource depletion in status window]

We burned through all our rare resources trying to stop that damn Pirate King’s fleet, mass-producing high-end blueprint ships that our veteran players had been saving.

Even then, half our fleet was destroyed, including one SSS-class ship that exploded and another that was severely damaged and had to be docked.

And as you can see in the video, unlike the Pirate Empress, the Pirate King is basically a fleet battle enthusiast.

Close-quarters boarding combat should only happen after winning the artillery battle with battleships when the user fleet is in terrible condition.

So when a fleet became the Pirate King’s target and got massacred, we immediately pulled back and deployed another user fleet,

Forcing the Pirate King’s main fleet to inefficiently switch between close combat – artillery – close combat – artillery tactics.

Meanwhile, our other fleets that weren’t drawing aggro were attacking hard with our SSS-class ranged Superhumans and ships.

But the problem is, if any cruiser is included in fleets other than the aggro fleet, the aggro gets pulled there,

And the ships that should be pushing with firepower end up with insufficient firepower and get screwed.

And the most frustrating thing is that battleship used as the Pirate King’s flagship.

Its grade itself is only about S+, but due to the pirates’ modifications, its main cannon firepower is absolutely terrifying.

When fighting these bastards, unlike fighting other pirates, you need to throw cruisers as bait and attack with small ships like destroyers and patrol ships carrying Superhumans.

But the Pirate King’s subordinates are spread all around the battleship, making it hard to break through.

And if you do break through, dozens of secondary guns—not as powerful as the main cannon but still enough to destroy patrol ships in two or three hits—will welcome your fleet.

And this time, the Pirate King retreated before we could engage in boarding combat with the flagship.

If we had engaged in boarding combat, we would have had to fight the Pirate King, a close-combat Superhuman of at least level 100, and his guard of level 50+ pirates LOLOL

As expected of a battleship, the internal defense systems are insane, making it virtually impossible for users to win through boarding combat.

You just need to initiate boarding to temporarily disable the battleship’s control, and use that time to take out the rest of the main fleet.

And as you can see from what I’ve said above, we lost so many resources that recovery is absolutely impossible, damn it.

Anyway, my explanation is all over the place, but to summarize:

1. The Pirate King’s main fleet is extremely powerful.

2. The battleship is so powerful that cruisers must be used as one-time bait.

3. If you fail here, your fleet will be damaged beyond repair; head-on confrontation is not the answer.

Comments

-[Insane]

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A post so long that one might worry about text limits,

And the first comment expressing shock in just two characters.

The shock and horror were causing gallery users to fall into confusion for different reasons.

Moreover, just one day after the Pirate King “lost” like that.

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Title: Damn it, our clan is ruined

Author: Chicks in Front of School

Content: [Images of pirate ships attacking a base, with base defense turrets responding]

Wasn’t he supposed to have been massacred by the Buckwheat Noodle clan?

Why is he coming back with an even larger force, damn it?

Comments

-[Wow, damn]

-[Wait, doesn’t the base just disappear when it’s destroyed? How are you still communicating?]

-˪[Right before the base was destroyed, all clan members teleported to different regions lol] (Author)

-˪[That’s some impressive quick thinking]

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When news spread that another large clan (about 50 members) had been defeated by the Pirate King who returned with increased numbers,

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Title: You admin bastards, how are we supposed to stop this?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of battleship firing main cannon]

A clan with 50 members just got crushed, are you kidding me?

How are clans with barely 10 members, or even smaller, supposed to stop something like this?

Comments

-[So in this game… survival is my victory?]

-˪[What.]

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Once again, public opinion in the gallery was being tossed around like a floating leaf in a storm.

After the clan leader saw this post and left a comment.

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-[Actually, since we escaped before being defeated, the baldy failed to replenish his fleet LOLOLOLOL]

-˪[Oh…]

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When it was revealed that they had served the Pirate King a big “screw you,”

The gallery’s public opinion flipped like a coin once again.